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BHRC Partnership with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2022
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Register now for ‘Judicial independence, the rule of law and the role of the legal profession’
An independent judiciary is a hallmark of a democratic society, but democracy varies greatly from...
Register now for ‘Data Security and Digital Privacy in the Asia-Pacific Region’
Following our highly successful first event in the 'Edge of Law' series in November 2021 on forced...
Register now for ‘Sanctions regimes in a rule of law context: possibilities and limitations’
Following our first session in the ‘Edge of the Law’ series held on 10 November 2021 on...
BHRC In Conversation With HE Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan
Join Schona Jolly QC, Chair of BHRC, for a very special 'In Conversation With' virtual...
EVENT: Law and lawyers under attack’ at the IBA Global Showcase 2021
On 27 October 2021, as part of the IBA Global Showcase 2021, BHRC Chair Schona Jolly participated...
EVENT: The anti-racist movement in the Euro-Mediterranean region: Status and ways ahead (EuroMed Rights)
On 11 October 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member and EuroMed Rights Executive Committee Member...
EVENT: The Xinjiang Crisis: Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity, Justice
On 2 September 2021, BHRC Chair, Schona Jolly QC, gave the opening keynote speech at an...
EVENT: A Diminishing Democracy? Human Rights and the Rule of Law in India Today – 21 September 2021
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) and the All Party Parliamentary Human...
BHRC supports the inaugural “International Fair Trial Day” and the Ebru Timtik Award
BHRC has joined with international bar associations and human rights organisations to mark the...
EVENT: Rule of Law & Authoritarian Ascendance: the Threat & the Legal, Policy & Societal Responses to It
On 8 June 2021, BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC spoke at the New York City Bar’s event, Rule of Law...
EVENT: Rule of Law, Justice & Democratic Rights in Sri Lanka
On 22 April 2021, BHRC Executive Committee Member Zimran Samuel contributed to LAWASIA's panel...
EVENT: Turkey – Using international mechanisms to protect the right to freedom of expression: challenges and ways forward
Date: Tuesday, 8th December Location: Online via Zoom Webinar Time: 15.00 – 16.30 (GMT) | 18.00 –...
BHRC co-sponsors film panel marking the release of the new documentary NASRIN (4 December @ 4.30pm)
Nasrin Sotoudeh is renowned worldwide for her work as a lawyer in Iran. She has represented...
EVENT: Shrinking Space: Civil Society under Threat in South Asia
Crackdowns on civil society space through funding and registration restrictions, as well as...
EVENT: Belarus on the Edge: Europe on the Brink? – Thursday 24 September 2020
https://youtu.be/RYLQtao2BEU Belarus on the Edge: Europe on the Brink? Thursday, 24th September...
EVENT: People, Power & Politics: Protecting and Promoting Human Rights in Belarus – Thursday 3 September 2020
For 26 years Alexandr Lukashenko has been widely referred to as “the last dictator of Europe”....
WATCH: A Way Forward? Finding Justice for Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbiiuj4aaRE&feature=youtu.be On Wednesday 22 July, the Bar...
Bar Human Rights Committee and Hong Kong Watch hold private session with British and Hong Kong lawyers to discuss shared concerns over the National Security Law
Last week, Hong Kong Watch and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England...
Event: “1500 days behind bars” – The Case of Nedim Türfent and Judicial Harassment in Turkey
BHRC was pleased to take part in a virtual conference on 21 June 2020, hosted by the Media and Law...
BHRC partners with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2020 – Our Mothers (Nuestras Madres)
UPDATE: It has been announced that sadly the #HRWFF London has been cancelled due to Covid-19....
Event: The “Chilling Effect” of Pre-Trial Detention on Human Rights Defenders in Egypt, Wednesday 11 March 2020, 6pm
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 6pmGarden Court Chambers57-60 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London...
EVENT: BHRC Chair Schona Jolly QC in Conversation with Carrie Gracie: Reflections on thirty years as a foreign correspondent in China
10 December 2019 18:30 Hausfeld 12 Gough Square, London, EC4A 3DW Please join us for our end-of...
EVENT 26 June at 18:00: Hiding in Plain Sight-the extraordinary scale of human rights violations in Xinjiang, China
The Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and the All-Party Parliamentary Human...
BHRC & Garden Court highlighting the voices for women’s rights around the globe in event for International Women’s Day
In honour of International Women's Day, the Bar Human Rights Committee and Garden Court Chambers...
12 December @ 18:30 Farewell Event for BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC
In December 2018, Kirsty Brimelow QC will conclude 6 years as Chair of the Bar Human Rights...
EVENT: 21 November 18:00-Turkey’s Continuing Crisis: Freedom of Expression and the Rule of Law under Threat
Bar Human Rights Committee of England & Wales and ARTICLE 19 will host a panel discussion...
BHRC announces its panel and speakers for Bar Conference 2018
The Bar Human Rights Committee will be hosting a panel discussion at the Annual Bar and Young...
UN Side Event: “State of emergency and attacks to the legal profession in Turkey”
[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width="1/1"][cmsms_text] The Bar Human Rights Committee, Law Society...
BHRC hosts discussion on 20 Years of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement
To mark the 20-year anniversary of the adoption of the UN Guiding Principles on Internal...
BHRC hosts round table discussion with Luis Guillermo Pérez, Colombian Human Rights Defender
On 25 April, BHRC hosted Colombian human rights lawyer Luis Guillermo Pérez as part of his...
A conversation between BHRC and the Welsh Bar: From the peace process in Colombia to the Protection of Refugees”.
The Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a special event in Swansea, focusing on opportunities for...
A conversation with BHRC at BPP Holborn: The Promotion of International Human Rights Law
The BPP Human Rights Unit and the Bar Human Rights Committee hosted a special event at BPP...
Aya Hegazy Trial Observation Report Launch
A report by BHRC produced on behalf of EuroMed Rights on the trial of Aya Hegazy was launched on...
BHRC and EuroMed Rights Launch Trial Observation Report on Aya Hegazy’s Case
London, 27 November EuroMed Rights and the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC) of England and Wales...
BHRC announces speakers for Bar Conference
BHRC is excited to announce the speakers for our panel entitled "In the middle of our own...
BHRC Chair moderates the first UN Workshop on Witchcraft and Human Rights
BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC served as moderator for the first UN Workshop on Witchcraft and...
BHRC Chair speaks with CNBC Africa on Institution Building in Nigeria at Nigerian Bar Conference
BHRC Chair Kirsty Brimelow QC sat down with CNBC Africa during her visit to the Nigerian Bar...
EVENT: 7 Sept @ 18:00. Coordinating our efforts: A look at trial observations in Turkey
Since the failed coup in July 2016, the Turkish government has detained and charged thousands of...
BHRC to Host Panel on Child Refugees at Annual Bar Conference
BHRC will host a panel discussion on the continuing challenges faced by child refugees of the...
Get involved with the Bar Human Rights Committee – special event in Manchester
6pm, Tuesday 25th April Garden Court North Chambers 3rd Floor, Blackfriars House Parsonage...
BHRC partners with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival
The Bar Human Rights Committee has partnered with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival for a...
LGBT Rights in Sri Lanka: BHRC co-hosts free event on 4 May
Global LGBT Rights: Opportunities and Challenges in Sri Lanka Date: Wednesday 4 May 2016 at 6pm...
Upcoming Event: A Commemoration of the Life of Tahir Elçi – Where next for Freedom of Expression in Turkey? – Tues 22 March 6:30pm
Tahir Elçi , President of the Diyarbakir Bar Association, was a fearless human rights defender and consistently principled advocate for minorities across Turkey. A victim of torture himself, Mr Elçi was instrumental in bringing cases of torture, detention and disappearances against Turkey before the domestic courts as well as the European Court of Human Rights.
On 28 November 2015, Tahir Elçi was shot dead following a press conference in Diyarbakir in which he was calling for an end to violence between the PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) and the authorities.
As freedom of speech comes under increasing attack in Turkey, this seminar will discuss what can be done to improve human rights in the country.
A conversation with Nadia Murad, Yazidi ISIS survivor
BHRC organised a powerful event on Wednesday 10 February in partnership with Doughty Street...
BHRC Event: A conversation with Nadia Murad – Yazidi ISIS survivor
Nadia Murad Basee Taha is a courageous Yazidi woman and survivor of ISIS. She is visiting the UK...
BHRC Event: The Protection of International Human Rights: A Barrister’s Role
On Wednesday 2 December BHRC hosted an event as part of the ‘Human Rights in Collaboration’ series in the lead up to International Human Rights Day.
Upcoming BHRC event: Weds 2 December 6.30-8pm – The Protection of International Human Rights: A barrister’s role
The Protection of International Human Rights: A barrister’s role
This event is an opportunity to hear more about the work of the BHRC, meet barristers on BHRC’s Executive, and find out how you can get involved in pro bono international human rights work.
BHRC Chair speaks in short film on Women and Extremism shown at Trust Women Conference
BHRC Chair, Kirsty Brimelow QC, is featured in a short film shown at the Thomson Reuters...
BHRC Chair gives key note speech at Consortium for Street Children’s AGM
On 4 November 2015, Chair of the BHRC, Kirsty Brimelow QC, gave a key note speech at the AGM of...
BHRC specialist session on trial observations at Annual Bar Conference 2015
BHRC ran a specialist session on trial observations at this year's Annual Bar and Young Bar...
BHRC chairs panel discussion at exclusive film-screening of ‘India’s Daughter’ on International Day of the Girl
October 11th was the UN International Day of the Girl. BHRC marked the occasion by chairing a...
BHRC seminar on FGM Protection Orders – what impact for girls at risk?
On Thursday 16th July, BHRC hosted a seminar at Doughty Street Chambers where a diverse panel...
BHRC seminar – Rupture and Reconciliation in Colombia
On 3 July, BHRC hosted a seminar to discuss the challenges faced in the current climate of peace...
Rupture and Reconciliation in Colombia – BHRC seminar
On Friday 3rd July, BHRC held a seminar to discuss the peace process in Colombia and to focus in...
Seminar – Rupture and Reconciliation in Colombia – Friday 3rd July 6:30pm-8pm
In 1997, the Peace Community of San José de Apartadó in the North-West region of Urabá, Colombia, declared itself neutral to the five-decade armed conflict, a civilian protection strategy based on international humanitarian law. Since then, the community has suffered many killings and reprisals….
After the Arab Spring: Human Rights and Rule of Law in the Middle East
On Monday 29th June, BHRC and the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law held a joint seminar on the...
Seminar – 29th June 6.30pm – 8pm – After the Arab Spring: Human Rights and the Rule of Law in the Middle East
This seminar will explore existing and emerging forces across the Middle East four years after the start of the ‘Arab Spring’. The panellists will examine the current human rights situation across the Arab world. In particular, the speakers will consider new trends in women’s activism and political participation in post-uprising Arab countries and the challenges being faced by human rights defenders, lawyers and journalists as an essential aspect of the rule of law….
‘Burden of Peace’ film-screening about Claudia Paz y Paz, the first woman to lead the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala
On Monday 22nd June, BHRC hosted a film-screening of the recent documentary ‘Burden of Peace'...
Burden of Peace – Film-screening – Monday 22 June 6pm-8pm
The documentary ‘Burden of Peace’ tells the story of Claudia Paz y Paz, the first woman to lead the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Guatemala.The country that has been ravaged for years by a devastating civil war is today one of the most violent in the world. Claudia starts a frontal attack against corruption, drug gangs and impunity and does what everyone had hitherto held to be impossible: she arrests former dictator Efraín Rios Montt on charges of genocide…..
‘India’s Daughter’ – Film screening and panel discussion
On 6th March, Plan UK, BHRC and Doughty Street Chambers held a special screening of the ground...
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative debate on Sri Lanka
On 24th March, UN International Day for the Right to Truth, Kirsty Brimelow QC, BHRC Chair, took...
Defending Rights in China: Roundtable discussion with five prominent Chinese human rights lawyers
Five human rights or ‘rights protecting’ weiquan lawyers from China spoke at a roundtable event...
Unfulfilled Promises: Iran’s failure to act after its 2010 Universal Periodic Review
On Monday 2nd March the Bar Human Rights Committee and the UK Bahá'í Community held a joint...
International Human Rights Day 2014
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, Kirsty Brimelow QC, BHRC Chair, spoke on the subject...
UN High Level Meeting on 25th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Representatives of BHRC were invited by UNICEF to attend a high level meeting and day of...
Resource Extraction and Human Rights in Honduras
On 25th November 2014, BHRC and Peace Brigades International (PBI) held a round-table on the topic...
BHRC session at Annual Bar Conference 2014
The Bar Human Rights Committee hosted an engaging and thought-provoking seminar at this year’s...
A Zimbabwe focused week at the BHRC
During the second week of October 2014, the BHRC turned its attention to Zimbabwe by holding two...
Forthcoming public meeting ”Neutrality in the Colombian Conflict: The role of Peace Communities’
The Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and the BHRC invite you to the event 'Neutrality in the Colombian...
Summary of Proceedings of public meeting “Spotlight on the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal”
The BHRC makes public a Summary of Proceedings of the event "Spotlight on the Bangladesh...
A Presentation by Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor at the ICC
“THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT” The event will take place in Parliament...
BHRC launched Addendum report to “Recalling the Rule of Law” 2010 Report of the BHRC delegation to Mexico 2009.
Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group and Chair of the All-Party...
BHRC International Seminar ‘Spotlight on the Inter-American Systems of Human Rights: Enforcing Human Rights in the Americas?’
The BHRC invites you to the following event. Spotlight on the Inter-American Systems of Human...
‘The Russian Judiciary – Priorities for Change in a New Decade’ Event
The Russian Judiciary – Priorities for Change in a New Decade Meeting: Monday 8 February, 6pm...
Sudan: round-table discussion on legal aid
Read the report here